Intelligence and working memory control: Evidence from the WISC-IV administration to Italian children

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 26, Issue , 2013, Pages 9-14

  Cornoldi, Cesare ^a   Orsini, Arturo ^b   Cianci, Laura ^b   Giofrè, David ^a   Pezzuti, Lina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

GAI; Intelligence; IQ; WISC IV; WM; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878157017     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: 18733425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2013.04.005     Document Type: Article

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